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Ecobank named Africa’s Best Bank for Trade Finance in Global Finance Awards
By Stanley Onyeka, Lagos Ecobank Group, the leading private pan-African financial services group with unrivalled African expertise, is…
Deaths from diphtheria now over 1,300 as vaccination gaps persist: NCDC
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has said 1,319 deaths have been recorded in the…
FIRS takes tax advocacy for women to Anglican Girls
By Tochukwu Bliss, Abuja The Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) continues its mission of fostering tax awareness and…
IWD: Continental Hotels tasks women to make change happen
By Tochukwu Bliss, Abuja Rather than wait endlessly for change to happen, Nigerian women have been challenged to…
UN launches gender equality plan: ‘We’re at a turning point’
The UN launched a bold new action agenda to boost rights and achieve gender equality at a high-level…
Youth, Labour ministries sign MoU to tackle unemployment
By Tochukwu Bliss, Abuja The Ministry of Youth Development, and the Ministry of Labour and Employment have signed…
NCDC confirms new Lassa fever case, calls for enhanced surveillance
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has confirmed a new case of Lassa fever in…
Governance leadership: NEITI seeks equal representation of women
The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI), has called for equal representation of women in all levels of…
Group urges women to report rights violations to ECOWAS Court
The ECOWAS Court Women’s Forum has called on West African women to always seek redress at the ECOWAS…
One in four countries report backlash against women’s rights in 2024
The basic rights of women and girls are facing unprecedented growing threats worldwide, from higher levels of discrimination…